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Sirenia
Gill, 1872
- sea cows
(mammal)
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Entity:
Paenungulata (Grandorder)
..Behemota (Clade)
..Hyracoidea (Order) - hyraxes
..Sirenia (Order) - sea cows
....†Anisosiren (Genus)
....†Bharatisiren (Genus)
....Dugongidae (Family) - dugong and sea cow
....†Florentinoameghinia (Genus)
....†Lophiodolodus (Genus)
....†Pezosiren (Genus)
....†Prohalicore (Genus)
....†Prorastomidae (Family)
....†Sirenavus (Genus)
....Trichechidae (Family) - manatees
Authorship
Original rank
:
Gill, T. 1872a.
Smithsonian Misc. Coll.
11
(no. 230)
: 13.
Incorrect (rank-group) authorship
:
Illiger, C. 1811. Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium
: 140 ("Familia").
≡
Variants
Subsequent rank
:
Sirenia
(Infraorder)
Gill, 1872
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 493 (note 1).
[
new
] [inferred]
Current rank
:
Sirenia
(Infraorder)
Gill, 1872
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 493 (note 1).
[
new
]
Former rank
:
Sirenia
(Infraorder)
Gill, 1872
Ref:
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011
: 57.
[inferred]
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
zeekoeien
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
sea cows
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
:
manatees, dugong, and sea cow
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